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A search of a church parking lot led to the arrests of two Indian Land teens in connection with a string of recent burglaries.
Devyn Martin, 19, 10382 Silver Mine Road, Indian Land, and Kevin Smet, 18, 7372 Henry Harris Road, Indian Land, were arrested by Lancaster County sheriff’s deputies Aug. 7. Both were charged with multiple counts of burglary and larceny, according to a sheriff’s office press release.

Gary Phillips
Landmark News Service
PAGELAND – After nearly five months of questions and controversy, the Chesterfield County Animal Shelter is undergoing a makeover.
Chesterfield Sheriff Sam Parker dismissed all personnel at the shelter Aug. 1 as part of what he calls “a new start at the shelter.”
“I feel that we owe it to the animals and citizens of this county that we begin to set standards and be held accountable for our pets,” Parker said in a press release.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
A deal between a Charlotte development company and the Lancaster County Forfeited Land Commission (FLC) for the purchase of the Edenmoor subdivision has collapsed less than two weeks before its set closing date.
In its wake, a competitor appears to be stepping in to take over the purchase.
Attorneys for the development company Eden Ventures announced the decision to pull out of the $8,335,718 deal in a letter to the FLC, effective Tuesday, Aug. 9.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
Lancaster County School District welcomed its teachers back to school Tuesday with its annual Celebration of Great Teaching event.
The event, held at the Lancaster High School auditorium, drew hundreds of teachers from the district’s 19 schools and gave the district a chance to honor those who make its mission of “Putting Our Children First” possible.
To kick off the celebration, Superintendent Dr. Gene Moore welcomed teachers back to work.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
Fewer buggies were available. Additional store clerks manned the check-out counters and a lot more shoppers than normal filled the shopping aisles.
This was the scene as Lancaster County residents, like others throughout the Carolinas, desccended on local stores to take advantage of last weekend’s tax-free holiday, which ran Friday through Sunday.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
It was Friday, about 7:30 p.m., when Greg Bowers got the call.
Dozens of cars were suddenly stalling moments after their drivers had filled up a little after 5 p.m. at Murphy’s Express, a gas station located along S.C. 9 Bypass. Some never made it past the pumps, while others had sputtered at different spots along the road.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
When Robbie Dunn first built his ranch on a stretch of land off Old Church Road more than a dozen years ago, it was supposed to be a sanctuary for his family and their five horses.
Nestled near Andrew Jackson State Park, the 10-acre site was meant to be a safe place for his parents to live and for their various horses to roam.
But Dunn said those dreams were shattered Saturday when he found one of their beloved horses shot to death in a field on his land.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Four men were arrested last week after a drug investigation uncovered illegal drugs at a local bar.
The arrests were made Aug. 4, as the Lancaster County Drug Task Force was conducting an investigation at Good Time Charlie’s, a bar located on West Meeting Street in Lancaster, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office press release.

Indian Land – Jane Tanner didn’t expect to see any progress as she drove through the crumbling streets of the Edenmoor neighborhood last Tuesday.

Taking a few minutes to show a friend around the stalled residential development, located between Jim Wilson Road and S.C. 75 in Indian Land, Tanner had just finished examining the completed, but still vacant, recreation center.

The building, finished several years ago, now sits covered from roof to foundation in graffiti.